Baseball GIF Perfectly Illustrates Why We Don’t Slide Headfirst

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips' butt has a lesson for all of you ball players out there -- don't slide head first.

A wonderful coincidence from the Reds-Astros game earlier this week has led to the creation of one of the greatest baseball GIFs of all time. And to think, the only cost was Jonathan Villar's dignity, which we assume suffered a blow the moment his face slammed into another man's butt. To add insult to injury, Villar was called out at the plate. Snap!